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Maine Forest Service

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Mall on West Main Street

"It was later set off by fencing and lined with trees by William Keith and other civic-minded citizens, and has since been known as the Mall on West…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architecture

"… been known for the impressive homes lining its tree-lined streets. It is a town whose architecture retains the original 19th century flavor of a…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"… There was a window on the house facing the tree with the apple. One day the boys decided they wanted a bite of that apple, they cut off a piece of…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"A little over a century later, many of these trees had succumbed to Dutch elm disease, a blight that nearly decimated every tree of this species…"

Historic Hallowell - Affects of the Blizzard of 1952

"… of important belongings like their homes, stores, trees, animals, lack of food because you couldn’t leave your house, and a bunch of other things."

Historic Hallowell - Day 5

"… and snowmobile trails were destroyed by fallen trees and broken limbs from the trees. Hospitals in Maine said that they were full and over flowing."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… there a lot of damage near your house with the trees, buildings, and roads? A: It was pretty incredible that roads were blocked off with trees that…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"Certain signs cut on trees marked paths from one home to another; and if marks were cut just right, the traveler could find his way after dark."

Jonathan Fisher Memorial

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"The lumber company would cut trees into smooth slabs and send them to stores. The company built a boarding house, a store, twelve houses on Red Row…"

Historic Hallowell - The Information Call Script

"… RUMBLY AND I COULD HEAR THE RIPPING UP FROM THE TREES AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS DONE ON THE GROUND. IT WAS VERY TERRIFYING TO HEAR THE SCREAMS OF THE…"

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… relied on the logging industry because they used trees to make paper. Nowadays, logs aren’t shipped down the Kennebec River anymore, for trucks are…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"First the trees had to be cut, then taken to the river. From there, the river drivers guided the logs to Bangor and boom operators sorted the logs."

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 2 of 3

"Pieces of homes, trees, and bundles of lumber floated down the river. When the lumber hit the Father Curran Bridge the straps snapped, which caused…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"… when the stern came between those two large trees on Stratton Island. It was understood that two territories existed off Pine Point."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"The large maple trees are gone but the building still looks the same today. The building location now has an address of 10 North Main Street."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"… spent more time exploring the area and felling trees to clear the land. They returned to Topsham a different way this time by following the Sandy…"

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"… settlers, that required only hard work, fire that trees that had ten times the value of wheat: wood ashes."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"… fiercely across these plains before buildings and trees obstructed it progress. It was the most impassable section between Weld and Dixfield in…"

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"The sawmill would cut the trees up into planks. After that, the planks were sent to the lumber company to be sold to anyone who needing to build…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"The land was filled with huge trees which the European settlers could harvest for trade with England."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"… peavey and pick-pole handles, whiffle-trees, snowshoes and perforated chair seats. It was later converted to a long lumber mill."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"“The orchards had 1,000 or more trees and each fall Lowell bought up Spies and Baldwins (apples) from others and shipped them by the carload to…"